Stigmata [VHS]
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Movie Review: excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
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Movie Review: Satanic Horror film? what??
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie. It draws upon alot of gnostic texts, the dead sea scrolls and lost scriptures, I absolutely adore it! Its uplifting and beautiful, while, YES, it is hard to watch, violent and visceral, its also beautiful and intriguing.
Personally, I just love this movie, alot. I think its often misunderstood, but its one of my favorites.
Movie Review: Satisfied with my purchase
Summary: 5 Stars
I am satisfied with my purchase and was pleased with the time i had received it. i will buy from this person again.Movie Review: GOD IS LOVE
Summary: 5 Stars
In French we say "Dieu est amour" (God is love) and we all understand that what "is" (reality), is important. I think the movie addresses this issue in a very interesting way. I was concerned by the way the universal church is portrayed, for one must never forget that Jesus said to Peter, "Peter you are the rock and upon this rock I will build the church" etc... The church is the house of God and God is love (Dieu est amour).Movie Review: Excellent Acting
Summary: 4 Stars
I give STIGMATA 4 stars for the quality of the acting. The film itself could have been so much more than it is. All the ingredients are there. For those who want to automatically call it an EXORCIST rip off, it certainly is not. The story is very different and fully based on the presence of the stigmata.
The story is original, believable and much effort is put into the special effects. But the script does not totally flow and the scares and suspense just aren't really there. Maybe it is overproduced. Again, the acting is superb. patricia Arquette has an acting tour de force as Frankie, the young woman who is stricken by the stigmata as is Gabriel Byrne as Father Kiernan the investigative priest sent to study her. They also play very well off each other. Also, each scene in which she is stricken by another sign of the stigmata is very efefectively shown.
But all the other pieces just don't mesh. I think the producers and writers took on too much and didn't give the movie and storyline the dedication it deserved. It is certainly not a bad movie and has some of the best acting you will ever see. But Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne are certainly let down by the material they are given. They carry it as best they can.
Had this film been handled more carefully it could have become a very important, popular film with a message that put it in the same genre as THE EXORCIST but kept it a standout film in its own right. People see the clips etc. and think its just another film about a possessed girl. This is so not true and sadly the opportunity to tell the story well is wasted as is the excellent acting. But believe me, allow yourself to watch it just for that - the acting - and Patricia Arquette in particular will blow you away.